This Is...
by Icona Pop
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2013
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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  1. AllMusic
    Sep 23, 2013
    80
    This Is...Icona Pop is a consistently fun album, and it would be even without their big single.
  2. Billboard.com
    Sep 19, 2013
    79
    This Is... Icona Pop, like Carly Rae Jepsen's "Kiss," may someday be viewed as a full-length that included one pop masterpiece, but that underscores the delectability of the treats Icona Pop has sprinkled around that triumph.
  3. Filter
    Oct 8, 2013
    66
    Two songs from the EP made the cut for the album (“Ready For the Weekend” and, predictably, “I Love It”) and though the latter--a Charli XCX co-written club banger--still stands out high above the rest of the album’s tracks, the songs that comprise This Is...Icona Pop are even larger and louder than their predecessors.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Oct 1, 2013
    70
    This Is… Icona Pop is a worthwhile listen because it doesn’t dumb down. It’s not trying to enlighten, either.
  6. Pitchfork
    Sep 26, 2013
    75
    The first seven songs play out like a 20-minute power hour, but the album loses a bit of steam after that.
  7. PopMatters
    Oct 11, 2013
    70
    It’s unashamedly fantastic, uplifting and most of all it’s a real joy to listen to.
  8. Pretty Much Amazing
    Sep 25, 2013
    67
    This Is… Icona Pop is not revolutionary, original, or inventive.... What This Is… Icona Pop, and Icona Pop as an artistic duo, possess that few others can lay claim to, is a firm grasp on the musical zeitgeist.
  9. Rolling Stone
    Sep 19, 2013
    70
    The pair instill joy and charm (and an occasional telltale Swedish accent) in head-hammering up-in-theclub chants about eternal weekends and heedless vitality.
  10. Slant Magazine
    Sep 23, 2013
    70
    While most of the concerns expressed in This Is... seem wafer-thin, the innovative production and diamond-hard songcraft suggest something else entirely. Icona Pop has few equals in the current landscape when it comes to immaculately crafted radio-dance music.
  11. Spin
    Sep 19, 2013
    70
    Even when they're shouting, they do so in a particularly musical and distinctive way, and although their smash is one of five This Is… songs the duo had no hand in writing, they nevertheless suggest a consistent sense of authorship through the intensity of their shared ecstasies and frustrations.
  12. The A.V. Club
    Sep 24, 2013
    91
    It’s a refreshingly fun album with no pretenses, just plenty of sing-along hooks and dancefloor jams.
  13. The Line of Best Fit
    Nov 1, 2013
    85
    It’s uplifting, motivating and unashamedly simple (which, frankly, is it’s major charm).
  14. The New York Times
    Sep 27, 2013
    80
    It plays like a sweet-toothed sparring session, one punch after the next of joyful high-pitched barking.
  15. Under The Radar
    Sep 19, 2013
    75
    This is... succeeds where most modern pop records fail: it's nurturing, exciting, and very intelligent debut. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.91]
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 49
  3. Negative: 5 out of 49
  1. WadeVS
    Sep 24, 2013
    8
    They're the band who's hard to hate. Simply because they have so much fun doing what they do. This album is an unexpected surprise withThey're the band who's hard to hate. Simply because they have so much fun doing what they do. This album is an unexpected surprise with productions tones meatier than the average club bangers. A perfect slice of pop.… Full Review »
  2. Dennonyx
    Feb 18, 2015
    9
    This is exactly the kind of album that makes you want to live. The sounds are very festive and efficient even in the slower tracks. The duo isThis is exactly the kind of album that makes you want to live. The sounds are very festive and efficient even in the slower tracks. The duo is perfectly synchronic and gives shape to a powerful music.
    There is no a worst or a best track (although the first ones are more direct and catchy than those of the second half).
    Appreciabile highlights include the emotions in Just Another Night and the total madness in Ready For The Weekend.    … Full Review »
  3. arvintaylor138
    Feb 18, 2014
    9
    A great and enjoyable album. I love how Icona Pop have made this album fun and that's what make it more interesting. Get ready for half anA great and enjoyable album. I love how Icona Pop have made this album fun and that's what make it more interesting. Get ready for half an hour of singalongs and dancefloor anthems!… Full Review »
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